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Place Name
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Quabbin Reservoir
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Pronunciation
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KWAW-bin
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Place Status (Type)
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reservoir
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Location
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Massachusetts, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°16'N
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Longitude
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72°20'W
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Quabbin Reservoir
(KWAW-bin) (
39 sq mi/101 sq km), in Hamshire,
Franklin, and Worcester cos., central Mass., on Swift R.,
17 mi/27 km NE of Springfield; 42°16'N
72°20'W. Largest reservoir in Mass. Has 2 large N-S arms linked by
1 mi/1.6 km channel: W arm, on West Branch
Swift R., is 12 mi/19 km long; E arm (many
isls.), on East Branch Swift R., is
17 mi/27 km long. Formed by Windsor Dam for
Boston water supply; water diverted E to Wachusett Reservoir through
Quabbin Aqueduct (25 mi/40 km long). Managed
by the Mass. Water Resource Authority.
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